Prahi

Thank you very much. I’ll try and update this thread.

So I bought water from a filter media at the start which had some beneficial bacteria. I dosed it with ammonia., the powdered one. I am using gravel., from Petco. I have the hang on back filter with bio balls and sponge. the water temperature avg around 78-80 i am attaching a picture. Just so if it helps.

I have tested it both With API and strips, I don’t know why my API test shows that high level of ammonia. Didn’t do any water change. Any suggestions on what to do?

Yeah they exactly look like the same ones you have. I think it’s because the color of the plant is brown/reddish brown overall.

Okay. I’ll post a update after few days.

I didn’t bury it., it’s 50:50 in and out.

So this is my new bulb plant., exactly one week old. It started growing good but now the color seems to be a little odd. I did have the fertiliser added to the water.

Thank you.

So this is my new aquarium I am setting up., started putting water and everything on March 21st. Still waiting for the cycle to complete before adding fish. This week on Monday I got the ordered package from aquarium coop website and I got this bulb plant for which I put in the gravel on Monday. Today it shows something coming out from the side., should I flip the bulb or wait for it to sprout a bit more? I also plan on adding water sprite., any thoughts on that? Here are the few pictures. any suggestions are appreciated.

Yes, the fluval 20 is a HOB. I actually bought it from petco when I bought the tank, but I met a guy who is following Cory from a year and learned a lot from his videos. So he told me to have this for the bacteria to grow until the intial cycle and just continue having it on the other side of the fluval filter. So that's what I am doing, but had a doubt and posted on the forum.

So I have a 10 gallon tank, which has the fluval 20 and a sponge filter with the air stone in it. Are there any con's of having 2 filter like this? or is it okay?

As usual like others I bought the gravel from petco, and i bought the 20lb one. Which I cannot return now. I dont want to spend another 20$ on the dirt substrate so I am using the gravel. I ordered the bulb plant for now and waiting for it to get shipped. Could you suggest any plants that can grow in a 10 gallon tank in where I am planning to have few small guppies and platy around 5. Any suggestions are welcomed.